The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz [SOLD]

From the Book:

In a small village at the end of a long dirt road, magic happens every day. It is an earthly magic, worked by men, women, and children at kitchen tables and in backyards all over town, and its elements are very simple.

A handful of mud.

A few sticks and stones and human hairs.

A pile of cow manure or sometimes cottonwood bark, a splash of kerosene, a quick fire.

But out of the smoke and ashes comes something greater than the sum of these homely parts; beautiful pottery. Seventy-five miles due south of the